Car stop



June 16, -1925.

G. H. BEIN CAR s'rcD Filed March 25. l1925 l v y fv v l JN" l l 2 Sheets-Sheet 1' IIillb June 16, 1925. y 1,541,892 A G. H. BEIN CAR sroP Filed March 25. 1925 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented JuneV 16, 1925.

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l CAR STOP.

Application tiled. March 25, 1925, Serial" Noi 18,113.

To all 'Lo/tom t may `concer/11,:

Be it known that I, Gnoncn H. citizen of the United States,M residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in' Car Stops, of which thefollowing is a full, clear7 and exact description, reference being; had to the ac-` companying drawings.

This invention Arelates to .stops for cars and'is` directed more particularly to a stop which is adapted tov `be fastened directly to the railsoverwhich the car passes.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a'car stop which shall include apair'of members that are adapted to be fastened directly tothe rails by means of clampmernbers yand when so'positioned, shall form an effective barrier for stopping thecars.

Anotherobjectis to provide a car stop which may` be fastened to the rai-lsat pointsadjacent a..wal1 or other obstruction,-or which may be fastened at any desired point along the rails.

A further object is to provide a car` stop of this lgeneral character which `shall be simple ,in constrnction7 inexpensive to manufacture and which-may `be easily and quickly applied to; the `railway track.

With `these andzother objects in view, the

inventioniconsistsin tlievarious novel features of construction and' arrangement or combination;y allot which will be fully described hereinafter rand pointed out `in the appended claims. Y

. In the drawings formingpart of this application, Fig.` 1 is a side elevation of a sec tion of tracl ..showing `my Aimproved car stopl applied thcretoyFimQ is a-top plan' view thereof; Figs. 3, and 4: are transverse sectional views taken .respectively onthe lines 3 3 `and 4e-4 of Figi 1;. Fig.v 5 is a-perspective `view of-one of the clamp members for fastening the device to the railsv way track; and Fim 6 is a perspective view of another type of clamp member used for fastening the device to a railway track.

Describing the various parts by reference characters, 1 denotes the rails of a railway system to which the car stopv is adapted to be attached. The car stop consists essentially of two stop members 3 which are pref erably formed from steel, and these stop members are adapted to beV clamped to the rails 1 in a manner to be described herein- Barri,V a

after.V Each stop member `is preferably formed with an end abutment4, one face of which is provided with an arcuate portion 5 having a curve similar to the circumferencel of a car wheel which is adapted to Vabut thereagainst, as indicated by the dot-and dash lines in Fig. 1. The arcuate .portion 5 merges into a horizontal portion 6, the,

opposite end of which connects with an arcuate portion Thaving acurvature opposite to the portion 5. The arcuate portion 7 'connects with an inclined surface 8 that extends downwardly to the level. of the track at the end of the stop member 3.

Referring to Fig. 3 it will be noted that the end abutment` of each stop member is preferablv widened as indicated at 10 and thisWidened portion is provided with a recess 11 which is adapted to receive the top and sideiof the rail 1to which the member is attached. The horizontal portion 6 as well as the opposite end 8 of the stop member is adapted to contact with the top surface only of rail 1- and does `noteXtend there below. Cooperating' with the widened portion of the stop member isa `clamping plate 12 which is `adapted to `Contact withonc face of the portionlO and also engage with theopposite Aside ofthe rail 1. This `plate is held in position by any suitable fastening means such as bolts .13 which extend through the widened portion 10 and plate 12 above the rail. and also by bolts 14: which extend through the rail. The opposite endof each stop member is clamped to the rail by means of a pair of' interlittingclamp plates 16. As shown in Figs. l and; (i, each clamp plate 16 is formed with a pair of spaced lugs 18 and '1.9 which aieadaptedto engageons beneath the head of the rail and the other over the top of such 4 rail, the lug` 19 projecting` through an aperture 20 formed inthe stop member. It will be noted that` lug. 19is substantially one half V.Wheels t-ocoiitinue along the arcuatev portion..

-members andftliiis serve to 'further checkI to further strengthen thex structure as a whole,..I preferably .tie the endrabiitments 4 together by means of a rod 2S whichA the stop members andzt-husy check the speed. of the carfto vsomeextent.4 `Continued movey ment vof the car will permit the leading 7' and horizontal portion G and when such leadingfinv'heels near the arcuate portionr;

of the end abutment, the trailing Wheels of the car, Will'engage the .inclines 8 of `the stop the speedof the car. Continued movement of the car Will cause tlie"leadin`g Wheels -to enga-ge the .arcuate portions 5 and brin'g the car to a complete stop.

A car stop constructed asabove described maybe' fastened to the rails at any desired point and in view of the fact that the stop members arefclampedto the rails by the plates l12, 16- and 17 it will be obvious that such stop-members may be V'easily and quickly attached to the en'd of a track which 4abuts awall or other obstruction.

Havingthus ldescribed my invention, whatl claim is:

l. A car stoppt1 the character setfortli comprising a pair otstop members adapted to be fastened one to each rail of a' railway track at opposite point-s,`v each stop memberl having at one 1 end an --arcuate portion adapted toV receive a car wheel andfat the opposite end an inclined'portion rising fromy the top of said rail, one end off each of said members having a recess adapted to receive the t-op and side cfs-aid rail,A a clamping plate having a recess adapted to receive the opposite side of said rail, .means 'forfastening saidplate and member together about saidA rail, and means for fastening the op-` posite endet1 each of'said members to its respective rail.

,2. A car stopof thel character s et i'orth comprising a pair of ystop members adapted to be fastened one yto each rail of a railway track at opposite pointsyeachjstopmember having at one` end an arcuate portion adapted to receive a car Wheel and 'at theopposite end an inclinedportion rising from the top of said rail, one end of' each of Said members having a; recess adapted'tofreeeive the top and--side-of said rail, Ia? clamping plate Ahaving a recess adapted to receive the opposite side otsaid rail, means for fasteningsaid plate' and member together about saidrail, and a pair oi' interlitting clamp members connected to the opposite end of :each-:ofisaidstopfmembers and adapted to closely embrace the head of its respective rail.

3. A car stoppt theeha-racter set 'forth comprisingla pair` .of stop' members adapted toA be :fastened one -to each railfof a-rai1Way track at'iopposite lpoints-,tneaclr stopinember having .at-r one end an-arcuate portion adaptedto receive a cainwlieeli and at the opposite end an inclined portion rising from the top of said rail,4 onel end of-eaeh of said members havinga` recess adapted to receive the top .f andl side et 'fsaid rail;l 'a clamping'plate :having a recess adapted to 'receive .theopposite siderofy said raiL; means for fastening said '.plate and-member togetheraboutsaidf rai-l, and'a pairoff clamp members connectedto the .-oppositei end "of each o'fisaid` stop.V members! and adapted to closely embrace theifhea'd of its-respective rail, i said -vclampf 1 members each having an opzpositely projecting lugadapted to'. extend across the head of such. rail. f=

14. -A car: stop `of the character set-Sforth comprising 1apairl ot stop members adapted to'befastened one to' eaclr ra'iLof-a railway track. at opposite points;y :each stop. :member having at one end an arcuatefportieri adapted toy receive: a car Wheel an'dat the opposite endI an inclined: portion rising from the top offsaid rail, one end of each of said members'havingarecess adapted' to receive the topVl and side of said rail-a clamping'plate having-fa recess adapted to receive the opposite side ofsaid rail', means for fastening-said plate and:y member to getlier-aboiit said rail, a pairYof clamp'members connected to ther-*opposite end: of' each of said stop members and adapted to Vclosely embrace the head' -ofitsrespeetive rail,A said clampY members-each yhaving an eppositely projecting lug adaptedtoextendl across the head oli-suchV rail,' anda tie rod extending betvveenlsaid stop member,Y said tie rody having a` spacing sleeve engaged'thereoveirA and interposed between said stop members.

Iny `testimony whereofK I hereunto aix my signature.

'GEORGE 1BEIN. 

